When the Cleveland Browns completed a trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson with the Houston Texans, they made him the highest-paid player in NFL history. However, a plethora of quarterbacks have been paid since that deal. While Watson is still the only quarterback to receive a fully guaranteed contract, he is not the highest-paid player in the NFL. After the contract that Lamar Jackson signed with the Baltimore Ravens, where does Watson’s contract stand among the other quarterbacks in the NFL?
Here we look at the top-ten highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL and where Watson stands among the rest of the pack. We will be looking at the average per year the quarterbacks are set to make.